Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans Pahlen wrote: > Francisco, > As I said, I can't give you any rational reasons, it is just that for me, > the older Leica bodies have more soul, and bring back many nice memories. > Objectively seen, the M6 is a better camera, with meter, etc, but I miss the > nice engravings on the top plate, and the smooth M2 mechanism, well run in > after many years of use and regular CLA. I heard that a few times on the list: the more you use a Mx the smoother and quieter it becomes. Is that true ? My M6 is only 1.5 years old and I didn't notice a difference. > It is like chosing car. Our garage has two similar cars, an Audi A3 -98 and > a VW Golf GTI -88. The Golf has 50% more power and is more fun to drive, > although not as safe and comfortable as a modern car. So, I let my wife > drive the Audi, and I enjoy driving my old Golf. Off-list: I'm pleased to know that you are driving a Golf. I own a Golf III GTI 16V, I loved it but would have no problem to change it with the new Audi S3 ;-) or the new A3 quattro. > or two. Any buyers out there? (I am serious) Have you an Elmar 2.8 collaps ? Xavier. - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logean Xavier e-mail: xavier.logean@epfl.ch Swiss Federal Institute Phone : ++41 21 693 52 57 of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Fax : ++41 21 693 66 10 Computer Science Department (DI) url : http://icawww.epfl.ch Institute for computer Communications and Applications (ICA) CH-1015 Lausanne - --------------------------------------------------------------------------